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Nordlit, 2023 Starting from my former empirical studies but supplemented with fresh fictional “data” from Lars von Trier’s latest TV series Riget Exodus (2022), I first describe how Danes use humour in very characteristic ways, also in cross-cultural professional settings.
Lundquist, Lita +2 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 The media increasingly speak of a care crisis. Systematic support is needed to prepare nursing apprentices for the high demands of their profession and to reduce the number of nurses who finally quit. Particularly in stressful jobs like nursing, humor as
Marek Bartzik +8 more
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Humour beyond human: eco-humour as a pedagogical toolkit for environmental education
Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2023 This article strives to open a window on ‘eco-humour’, an umbrella term for diverse forms of humour targeting ecological and environmental issues. It encourages readers to consider eco-humour as a valuable, pedagogical toolkit for environmental education
Mohammad Ali Heidari-Shahreza
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The European Journal of Humour Research, 2023 Humour in military organizations can be antithetical given the rigid hierarchy, high degrees of work formalization, and obedience to hierarchy. This paper explores how humour is initiated, propagated and maintained in the Indian Army.
Sumagna Bhowmick, Vijaya R
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The effect of self-related humor on convergent and divergent thinking
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2023 Humour enhances creativity, but the question is whether different types of humour have a similar effect on improving individual creativity. It is evident that negative humour style is negatively related to creativity, while positive humour style is ...
Md. Shahinoor Rahman, Zhijin Zhou
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Appropriate and relevant humour in the university classroom: insights from teachers and students
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2020 When used for the purpose of teaching and learning, humour must be relevant and appropriate to the context. However, what constitutes appropriate and relevant humour is unclear.
Farhana Abu Bakar
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Towards a comprehensive theory of culturally constructed humour
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2020 In the present research, we discuss Humour Studies within Linguistics, focusing mainly on linguistic theories of humour including the Semantic Script Theory of Humour (SSTH; Raskin 1985), and the General Theory of Verbal Humour (GTVH; Attardo 1994 ...
Sajjad Kianbakht
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WHAT CAN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS LEARN FROM MULTIDISCIPLINARY HUMOUR RESEARCH
Filolog, 2021 The aim of this article is to explore the advantages of the employment of humour in foreign language teaching for teachers and adult learners. How could teachers and learners in foreign language instruction benefit from improved humour awareness and ...
Sanja R. Josifović-Elezović
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The use of humor by therapists and clients in cognitive therapy
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2018 The purpose of this study was to investigate several aspects of humour in cognitive therapy. Eight first therapy sessions were examined and seven examples of humour originating from the therapists or the clients are reported: three represent examples of ...
Alberto Dionigi, Carla Canestrari
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Proza Anny Fein. Rosyjsko-izraelska odsłona humoru żydowskiego
Studia Rossica Posnaniensia, 2022 Jewish humour with a rich repertoire of forms is an integral part of Jewish culture. The article summarises the typical features of Jewish humour and presents an outline of its history from its beginning at the turn of the 19th to the 20th century in ...
Mirosława Michalska-Suchanek
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